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Want your fundraising to change lives, not just balance sheets?
The Friendly Food Club is looking for an ambitious, values-driven Fundraising & Partnerships Manager to grow income, build powerful partnerships, and help create healthier futures for families across Dorset and BCP.
The Friendly Food Club supports people from vulnerable groups and communities by building their cooking skills, confidence and resilience, to help break the cycle of food insecurity and low wellbeing.
This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of an established and growing charity and deliver real-world impact every day.
This role is perfect for someone who:
- Is aligned with our values of care, good health, inclusion and community
- Brings empathy, energy and a people-first approach
- Has a friendly, creative, resilient and solutions-focused mindset
- It happy to get stuck in and involved at all levels of development and delivery
- Lives in Dorset or BCP areas who likes a mix of working from home and getting out and about.
The role will:
- Develop and deliver Friendly Food Club’s fundraising strategy to align with the charity’s priorities.
- Identify, build and steward strong, values-aligned long-term funding and partnership relationships.
- Write compelling and effective funding applications, proposals and impact reports
- Monitor income performance and report to the CEO and Board
- Represent Friendly Food Club externally as an ambassador for its mission and values
Apply now and help cook up healthier futures for thousands across Dorset.
If you want your work to truly matter — and to be part of a supportive, mission-led team — we’d love to hear from you.
Deadline 28 February 2026 | In person interviews mid-March 2026 | Start date: Flexible for the right person
To apply, please submit your cv and a 1 page proposal stating why you are the perfect fit, presenting in a format that is aligned to a corporate partnership proposal for a chosen company, ensuring that you cover the criteria above.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
To empower everyone to enjoy a positive connection to food and have the ability to prepare nutritious and delicious meals that transform lives
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
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Location: Home-based, delivering sessions in schools and farms across Essex and surrounding areas
Contract: Self-employed, renewable subject to annual review
Start: Delivery from February 2026
This vacancy is recruited on a rolling basis and may close early if a suitable candidate is appointed, so early application is encouraged. Previous applicants need not apply.
We’re looking for a passionate and confident Food and Farm Discovery Coordinator to inspire primary-aged children through hands-on food, farming and countryside learning. You’ll deliver engaging cooking, gardening and farm visit experiences, working closely with schools, farmers and food producers - particularly in areas of disadvantage.
What you’ll do
- Deliver Farm Discovery Days and the Food Discovery programme in schools
- Plan and lead farm visits, cooking and gardening sessions
- Build and maintain strong relationships with schools and farm hosts
- Manage session planning, equipment, health & safety and safeguarding
- Work independently as part of a supportive national team
Time commitment & pay
- Around 80–90 paid days per year (seasonal variation)
- £171.48/day for Food Discovery delivery
- £163.77/day for Farm Discovery delivery
- Plus expenses and mileage (45p per mile)
- Estimated annual earnings: £14,000–£15,000, with potential to grow
You’ll need
- Experience working with primary-age children and schools
- Confidence delivering hands-on cooking, gardening and outdoor learning
- Enthusiasm for food, farming and the countryside
- Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills
- Full UK driving licence, access to a car, and suitable IT setup
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.